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HENRYVMT. .Go'oDLING,. OF'Y'ORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

Lam Patent Na. 80,087, (zaraz; ,mig/fal, 1888.

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Be itknown that I, HENRY T. GOODING, of York, in.the 'county of York, and State of Pennsylvania, havz invented a new and improved Machine for Hoisting and Loading Logs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact: description of the same, reference being had toithe aceompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, which elearly shows the construction and application of the'same.

The nature of'my invention consists in the arrangement of old well-known devices for hoisting purposes, made available under new combinations for a special purpose.

Any one skilled in theart can make and use my invention by simply inspecting the drawing, which olearly shows a platform or base, A, of the desired size.` lThis rests upon sills C, rounded on the ends, slad-fashion, by a ring fastened to the outer edge of the platform; It can be readily moved from place to place, by hitching a horse'to the same, if desirable. Centrally on the platform I' ereot a stout post, B, with a cross-top, K, turning on the neck b and shoulder of the post,`held down by a wedge.` The ends of this cross-head K are slotted, for the reception of grooved pulleys, as is also the centre of the standard or post B,-opposite a drum-shaft, held in bearings'D D'. The outer end of this shaft has a ratchet-wheel, F, and-.also a cog'ged wheeh, which latter meshes into a-pinion on a shaft connected with a oranl-handle, G, a stout rope, H, being wonnd upon the drum'- shaft,fand the end carried over 'the 'pulley I in the cross-head K, and down ilnder the pulley in the slotted'po'st,

and up to the outer pulley in the opposite side of the cross-head, where it terminates with a hook, R, or its i equivalent. There is also a stout lever-arm, L, opposite the windlass, se'cnred in a slotby a pivot-bblt, near theouter corner, so thatwhen closed up against-the post, it can be secured by a book-catch, m, on the post; to a headed bo'lt, n, on the lever. i i I The operation is simple. 'Forloading heavy saw-logs' on a wagon, (in proper p os`ition,) a ohain', o, is passed around the log, the rope H hooked to it, and, by the aid of the cranlr-handle and gear, the rope is wound up, the

log raised, and, if not quite balanced, ,thc far end is easily raised in this' swinging position, (held by the pawl and i ratehet,) and lodged upon the wagon,`thus poised. The lever-arm'L (rounded' or notohod at its upper end) is now inclined forward under-the log, and bearing its weight partly, while the rope is slackened with one hand, and the lever: more andmore depressed with the other, the logfwill be easily lodged upon the wagon, singlehanded if need be, as the illustration shows. I

I am aware that there is no novelty in the parts employed, separately considered, but I am not aware that they have ever beeucombined and utilized in the manner and for the purpose set forth;

The turningcros s-head is of use in sw'inging the log. i i i This machine may be available for other purposes, but I find it especially adapted toloading logs, which I found a laborious business, requiring moro help than could always bo on hand, and induced me to oontrive the machine described, which meets the want, long experienced, of simple portable apparatus of the kind.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The construction 'of'a hoisting-machinc, arranged with a central post, B, turningcross-head K, provided with pulleys windlass, and a pivoted side-lcver, L3 to base of`pos't B, combined substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

HENRY T. GODLING.

Witnesses':

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